diff --git a/src/wp-includes/http.php b/src/wp-includes/http.php
index 30782c4e50..6e65e36dae 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/http.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/http.php
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-http-cookie.php' );
 
 /** WP_Http_Encoding class */
 require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-http-encoding.php' );
+
+/** WP_HTTP_Response class */
+require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-http-response.php' );
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api.php
index e244c5f3a7..9c7acb1b04 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api.php
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ define( 'REST_API_VERSION', '2.0' );
 /** WP_REST_Server class */
 require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php' );
 
-/** WP_HTTP_Response class */
-require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rest-api/class-wp-http-response.php' );
-
 /** WP_REST_Response class */
 require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rest-api/class-wp-rest-response.php' );